{"id":8860,"date":"2023-01-08T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T01:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tempestmag.org\/v01_2020\/staging\/?p=8860"},"modified":"2023-01-11T11:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T16:02:35","slug":"public-sector-power-building-rank-file-organization-under-mayor-eric-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2023\/01\/public-sector-power-building-rank-file-organization-under-mayor-eric-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Public sector power: Building rank &#038; file organization under Mayor Eric Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">M<\/span>ayor Eric Adams administration\u2014following a tradition of neoliberal governance going back to the \u201870s\u2014is spearheading two major assaults on the living standards of city workers and retirees: A scheme to privatize healthcare for retirees, and ongoing contract fights involving virtually all the city\u2019s public-sector unions. Successfully fighting back will mean rebuilding a strong militant minority of rank-and-file union activists: one capable of leading large numbers of coworkers in direct action against the city, and one that can relate to the city\u2019s broader working class. To help figure out how we get there, Tempest is hosting a discussion between leading rank-and-file activists from DC37, the UFT, NYSNA, and the cross-union retiree organizing committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. EST<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWhere: <\/strong>LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York, New York 10011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Cuffy<\/strong>, DC 37 Progressives<br \/>\n<strong>Bobby Greenberg<\/strong>, Retiree-Advocate UFT<br \/>\n<strong>Sean Petty<\/strong>, NYSNA Bargaining Team Member<br \/>\n<strong>Olivia Swisher<\/strong>, Movement of Rank and File Educators UFT<\/p>\n<p>While we strongly encourage people to attend in person, there will be a remote option available via <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/public_sector_power?fbclid=IwAR12W6aykmVDHEzlWBHgBzExKxlxNVQSNCgeQBO3ANUtVNAqIHGNQ6pi4I4\">bit.ly\/public_sector_power<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tempest (NYC) public event on union struggles in the City\u2019s public sector. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,50],"tags":[298,72,252,61],"class_list":["post-8860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-event","tag-labor","tag-labor-movement","tag-labor-strategy","tag-new-york-city"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2-17.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}